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  • Alexandria Digital Library
  • American FactFinder Population, housing, economic, and geographic data from the U.S. Census Bureau
  • Atlas of Canada Map Archives 'Consists of 943 maps of the previously printed 1st edition of the Atlas published in 1906, the 2nd edition in 1915, the 3rd edition in 1957, the 4th edition in 1974 and finally, the 5th edition published 1995.
  • Country Studies/Area Handbooks
  • Current Geographical Publications (CGP) and Online Geographical Bibliography (GeoBib) Tables of contents of geography journals and a searchable bibliography of articles, books and other materials in the American Geographical Society Library.
  • Demographic Data Viewer An interactive mapping tool which enables users to select geographic areas, specify variables, and create map images
  • Early Washington Maps: a Digital Collection Spanning 300 years, includes maps of both sea and land explorations and ownership of the region.
  • Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS)
  • Electronic Map Library a series of atlases, created in the Department of Geography at California State University, Northridge. Included are atlases of panoramic aerial images of each of the western United States, as well as those for the West as a whole, for the US, and for the world. Also included are a series of atlases portraying demographic characteristics of major urban areas.
  • Geodata.gov Features one-stop access to geospatial information and resources and allows multiple users in different locations to share information, while integrating data from many sources. It also allows easy searches for existing and planned data with a goal of 'two clicks to content.'
  • Geostat: The University of Virginia Library Geospatial and Statistical Data Center Access to digital geographic and statistical data on business & industries, census, crime, and elections.
  • Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN) 'The TGN is a structured vocabulary containing more than one million names and other information about places. The TGN includes all continents and nations of the modern political world, as well as historical places. It includes physical features and administrative entities, such as cities and nations.' Search fields include Name, Place Type, and Nation.
  • GIS Data Depot
  • GIS Resources on the Internet
  • Google Maps Satellite and road maps of the entire world. Capable of providing driving directions.
  • Historical Maps & Charts Scans of the Ofice of Coast Survey's Historical Map & Chart Collection which contains over 20,000 maps and charts from the late 1700s to present day. Searchable by keyword, type, year, and region.
  • Home Town Locator Community Profiles Community profiles of 42,500 US cities, towns & ZIP codes, including census, demographic and income data, parks, schools, libraries, hospitals, airports, environmental conditions, local newspapers, media outlets, employment, maps, coordinates and aerial photos. Also includes state and county physical and cultural features.
  • Idaho Atlas of Panoramic Aerial Images Contains 1,192 computer generated panoramas that portray every square foot of the state, one of a series of collections of photorealistic aerial views created in the Department of Geography at California State University Northridge.
  • INSIDE Idaho: Interactive Numeric & Spatial Information Data Engine Digital geospatial and numerica data for the state of Idaho. The site allows access to a number of data sources in various formats which are housed in individual agencies and libraries around the state.
  • MapQuest
  • Mapsarea A portal of world maps and atlases. Includes keyword search.
  • National Digital Map Library A collection of digital maps created at the University of Virginia Library Geospatial and Statistical Center using USGS Digital Line Graph (DLG) data and ESRI data. DLG data has a scale of 1:250,000 while ESRI data has 1:2,000,000. Coverages for each state available from the DLG data are: State Boundary, County Boundaries, National Parks and Forests, Hydrography, and Major Cities.
  • National Geographic
  • National Geospatial Programs Office
  • National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) provide Geospatial Intelligence in all its forms, and from whatever source--imagery, imagery intelligence, and geospatial data and information. Formerly the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) and the Defense Mapping Agency (DMA).
  • National Map The online, interactive map service of the US Geological Survey to generate topographic maps.
  • Panoramic Aerial Maps of the American West A collection of panoramic maps, including the states of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming, created by combining numerical elevation data collected by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission and linear data acquired from the old United States Geological Surveys national atlas.
  • Renewable Energy Atlas of Alaska A guide to Alaska\\\\\\\'s clean, renewable and local energy resources.
  • Terraserver USA Free public access to a vast data store of maps and aerial photographs of the United States.
  • U.S. Gazetteer Search for places to view using the Tiger Map Service and 1990 Census data
  • United Nations Cartographic Section Maps and Geographic Information Resources for the world, including country profile maps, deployment maps of peacekeeping operations, and other thematic maps.
  • University of Idaho Library Government Documents Geospatial Data List
  • World Fact Book
  • Yahoo! Maps Provides map of any street address in the United States, allowing for varying degrees of detail

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